Mop-holder.



J. ERICKSEN.

MOP HOLDER.

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Patented July 16, 1918.

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JULIUS ERICKSEN, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MOP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed January 30, 1918. Serial No. 214,545.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS ERIcKsnN, a citizen of Norway, residing atLos Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which thefollowing isa specification.

My object is to make a simple mop head having means for securely holdingthe mop, said means being easily worked to release and remove the mopand apply a new mop rag.

Figure 1 .is a perspective of a mop holder embodying the principles ofmy invention supplied with a handle and mop ready for use.

Fig; 2 is an enlarged detail perspective illustrating the operation ofthe mop holder. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section on the line s s ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4c is a perspective of the securing device used for securing themop in place.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the means for attachingthe handle to the head.

A mop assembled in accordance with the principles of my inventionconsists of a handle 1, a mop head 2 attached to the handle 1, asecuring device 3 attached to the mop head, and a mop 4 extended throughthe mop head 2 and held in place by the securing device 3.

The handle 1 is simply a straight stick like a broom handle.

The details of the mop head 2 are as follows: A stiff sheet metal plateis cut to form the flat head portion 5 having a rectangular transverselyelongated slot 6 through its lower half, thus producing a transverse mopsupporting bar 7 bounding the lower side of the slot, there being asmall opening 8 through one end of the supporting bar 7 and a notch 9 atthe other end of the bar. The handle socket 10 is formed by cutting theplate on a transverse line from both edges toward the center and rollingthe material into a circle with the edges overlapping, and the handle 1is inserted into the socket 10 and secured in place by nails 11 driventhrough the socket into the handle.

The details of the securing device 3 are as follows: A piece of hardwire is cut to the proper length and bent to form the straight back bar12, the shank 18 eritending from one end of the back bar 12 at rightangles, the return bend it at the other end of the shank, the hook 115at the other end of the return bend, the coil 16 at the other end of theback bar 12, and the front bar 17 extending from the other end of thecoil; the point 18 of the front bar 17 being sharpened. The securingdevice 3 is attached to the head 2 by insert-ing the point of the hook15 through the opening 8 and manipulating the device'until the shank 13is in the open ing 8.

The mop 1 is inserted eudwise through the slot 6 and doubled upon itselfaround the mop supporting bar 7. Then the securing device 3 ismanipulated to bring the back bar 12 against the mop directly inopposition to the mop supporting bar 7, with the coil 16 in the notch 9,and then bring the front bar 17 into position against the mop inalinement with the supporting bar 7 and back bar 12, and snap the point18 over the end of the hook 15, and then the mop is securely held inplace during the operation of mopping. hen it is desired. to change amop the point 18 is unsnapped from the hook 15, the securing deviceswung around out of the way, the mop removed, and a new mop inserted.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a mop holder, a flat head provided with a transversely elongatedslot, a supporting bar and an opening through one corner thereof, and asecuring device having a shank mounted in said opening and surroundingsaid supporting bar.

2. In a mop holder, a flathead having a transversely elongated slot, asupporting bar, and provided with an opening through one corner thereof;a mop inserted through the slot and bent around the supporting bar,along the other side of the mop and supand a securing device havingashank exporting bar; therebeing a hook at one end tending through theopening in said head of the device to engage a point at the other andadapted to fit around the mop; the end of it.

5 back bar of the securing device passing along In testimony whereof Ihave signed my one side of the mop and supporting bar and name to thisspecification. the front bar of the securing device passing JULIUSERICKSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obteined for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, walhington, D. G.

